LAFAYETTE – The University of Louisiana Athletics Department announced Friday a group of 49 current and former student-athletes, combined, who will be receiving their bachelor’s degrees on Saturday, May 12 during University of Louisiana Spring 2012 commencement ceremonies.
 
The 49 graduates will obtain degrees in diverse programs including civil engineering, biology, psychology, nursing, speech pathology, finance, elementary and second education, health information management and sports management.
 
Adding in the Spring 2012 group, a total of 75 student-athletes will have graduated in the current academic year, as 26 graduated in December 2011. 
 
The Spring 2012 Commencement Day Celebration begins at 8 a.m., with individual academic college ceremonies for the College of General Studies (Cajundome), Ray P. Authement College of Sciences (Cajundome Convention Center Festival Ballroom), College of Nursing (Cajundome Convention Center Exhibit Hall B) and College of the Arts (Angelle Hall).
 
All graduates will gather for the general assembly at 11 a.m. in the Cajundome main arena. Retired Lt. General Russel Honoré, the former commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and global preparedness expert, will be the keynote speaker.  
 
The remaining academic college ceremonies follow the general assembly and will begin at either 1:30 p.m. or 4 p.m., in the Cajundome main arena, convention center exhibit hall B and convention center festival ballroom.
 
The entire list of student-athletes with UL Athletics ties that finished their respective degrees in Spring 2012 and a complete schedule of their commencement programs is listed below:

Spring 2012 Student-Athlete Graduates

Baseball
Brian Bowman – Finance / College of Business Administration
Tyler Frederick – Finance / College of Business Administration
Daniel Nichols – General Studies / College of General Studies
Jordan Nicholson – General Studies / College of General Studies
Chris Sinclair – General Studies / College of General Studies
Joe Zimmermann – General Studies / College of General Studies
Michael Cook (Auxiliary) – Civil Engineering / College of Engineering
Alex Fuselier (Auxiliary) – Biology / College of Sciences
 
Men’s Basketball
Josh Brown – General Studies / College of General Studies
 
Women’s Basketball
Lyndra Bell (Auxiliary) – General Studies / College of General Studies
 
Football
Tyrell Gaddies – General Studies / College of General Studies
Lance Kelley – Industrial Technology / College of Engineering
Devon Lewis – General Studies / College of General Studies
Jaron Odom – General Studies / College of General Studies
Fred Okoye – Management Information Systems / College of Business Administration
Benay Pryer – General Studies / College of General Studies
Lionel Stokes – General Studies / College of General Studies
Orkeys Auriene (Auxiliary) – Management / College of Business Administration
Matt Campbell (Auxiliary) – General Studies / College of General Studies
Derrick Smith (Auxiliary) – General Studies / College of General Studies
Jordan Topp (Auxiliary) – Management Information Systems / College of Business Administration
Vernon Wolfe (Auxiliary) – General Studies / College of General Studies

Golf
Philipp Fendt – Sports Management / College of Education
Andrew Noto – Finance / College of Business Administration

Soccer
Allison Baker – Sports Management / College of Education
Kelli Jestes – Biology / College of Sciences
Melissa Minton – General Studies / College of General Studies
Amanda Moorefield – English / College of Liberal Arts
Katherine Fisse (Auxiliary) – Elementary Education / College of Education
Lauren White (Auxiliary) – Management/ College of Business Administration
 
Softball
Paige Cormier – Psychology / College of Liberal Arts
Christine Orgeron – General Studies / College of General Studies
Vallie Gaspard (Auxiliary) – Health Info. Management / College of Nursing
Courtney Hollier (Auxiliary) – General Studies / College of General Studies
 
Men’s Tennis
Piotr Olechowski (Auxiliary) – Finance / College of Business Administration
Alexander Rupertsson (Auxiliary) – Exercise Science / College of Education
 
Women’s Tennis
Milou Israel – Marketing / College of Business Administration
Briggitt Marcovich – Modern Languages / College of Liberal Arts
Erin Wilbert – General Studies / College of General Studies
 
Men’s Track
Casey Comeaux – Management / College of Business Administration
Christopher Comeaux – Sports Management / College of Education
Louis Stevens – Exercise Science / College of Education
Kelvan Turner – General Studies / College of General Studies
Brent Adams (Auxiliary) – Marketing / College of Business Administration
Jacob Domingue (Auxiliary) – Management / College of Business Administration
Juan Rodriguez (Auxiliary) – Microbiology / College of Sciences
 
Women’s Track
Kirsten Meche – Speech Pathology / College of Liberal Arts
 
Volleyball
Kendra Hall (Auxiliary) – Nursing / College of Nursing
Kimberly Lehmann (Auxiliary) – Secondary Education / College of Education

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS
Saturday, May 12, 2012
 
College of General Studies – 8:00 a.m. Cajundome
Daniel Nichols (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Jordan Nicholson (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Chris Sinclair (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Joe Zimmermann (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Josh Brown (Men’s Basketball)
Lyndra Bell (Women’s Basketball)
Matt Campbell (Football)
Tyrell Gaddies (Football)
Devon Lewis (Football)
Jaron Odom (Football)
Benay Pryer (Football)
Derrick Smith (Football)
Lionel Stokes (Football)
Vernon Wolfe (Football)
Melissa Minton (Soccer)
Christine Orgeron (Softball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Erin Wilbert (Women’s Tennis)
Kelvan Turner (Men’s Track)
 
College of Nursing – 8:00 a.m. Convention Center, 1^st floor, Exhibit Hall B
Vallie Gaspard (Softball)
Kendra Hall (Volleyball)
 
College of Sciences – 8:00 a.m. Convention Center, 2^nd floor, Festival Ballroom
Alex Fuselier (Baseball)
Kelli Jestes (Soccer)
Juan Rodriguez (Men’s Track)
 
College of Business Administration – 1:30 p.m. Cajundome
Brian Bowman (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Tyler Frederick (Baseball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Orkeys Auriene (Football)
Fred Okoye (Football)
Jordan Topp (Football)
Andrew Noto (Men’s Tennis)
Lauren White (Soccer)
Piotr Olechowski (Men’s Tennis)
Milou Israel (Women’s Tennis)
Casey Comeaux (Men’s Track)
Brent Adams (Men’s Track)
Jacob Domingue (Men’s Track)
 
College of Education – 1:30 p.m. Convention Center, 1^st floor, Exhibit Hall B
Philipp Fendt (Golf)
Allison Baker (Soccer)
Katherine Fisse (Soccer)
Alexander Rupertsson (Men’s Tennis)
Christopher Comeaux (Men’s Track)
Louis Stevens (Men’s Track)
Kimberly Lehmann (Volleyball)
 
College of Liberal Arts – 4:00 p.m. Cajundome
Amanda Moorefield (Soccer)
Paige Cormier (Softball) – NOT PARTICIPATING
Briggitt Marcovich (Women’s Tennis)
Kirsten Meche (Women’s Track)
 
College of Engineering – 4:00 p.m. Convention Center, 1^st floor, Exhibit Hall B
Michael Cook (Baseball)
Lance Kelley (Football)